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Lincoln County bladderpod

Habit Perennials; caudex simple, (not thickened); densely pubescent, trichomes (short-stalked), several-rayed, rays distinct, furcate or bifurcate, (tuberculate, much less so over center, often nearly smooth on lower layer).
Stems

simple from base, spreading or erect, (unbranched), ca. 1 dm.

Basal leaves

(petiole long, slender);

blade elliptic to obovate, 3–4 cm, (base narrowing to petiole), margins entire.

Cauline leaves

(shortly petiolate);

blade elliptic to obovate, 1–2 cm, margins entire.

Racemes

dense.

Flowers

sepals narrowly elliptic or oblong, ca. 4.5 mm, (median pair thickened apically, cucullate);

petals narrowly spatulate, 7–8 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

(sigmoid), 5–8 mm.

Fruits

(erect, substipitate), globose, ellipsoid, or obovoid, not or slightly compressed, 3–4 mm;

valves sparsely pubescent, sometimes few trichomes inside;

ovules 10–12 per ovary;

style 3–5 mm.

Seeds

flattened.

Physaria lata

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Limestone soils and rocky places, pinyon-juniper-oak woodland and montane coniferous forest
Elevation 2100-2900 m (6900-9500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Additional research is needed to determine whether Physaria lata is a variant of P. pinetorum, with which it sometimes grows.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 7, p. 648.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Physarieae > Physaria
Sibling taxa
P. acutifolia, P. alpestris, P. alpina, P. angustifolia, P. arctica, P. arenosa, P. argyraea, P. arizonica, P. aurea, P. bellii, P. brassicoides, P. calcicola, P. calderi, P. carinata, P. chambersii, P. cinerea, P. condensata, P. congesta, P. cordiformis, P. curvipes, P. densiflora, P. didymocarpa, P. dornii, P. douglasii, P. eburniflora, P. engelmannii, P. eriocarpa, P. fendleri, P. filiformis, P. floribunda, P. fremontii, P. garrettii, P. geyeri, P. globosa, P. gooddingii, P. gordonii, P. gracilis, P. grahamii, P. hemiphysaria, P. hitchcockii, P. humilis, P. integrifolia, P. intermedia, P. kingii, P. klausii, P. lepidota, P. lesicii, P. lindheimeri, P. ludoviciana, P. macrocarpa, P. mcvaughiana, P. montana, P. multiceps, P. navajoensis, P. nelsonii, P. newberryi, P. obcordata, P. obdeltata, P. occidentalis, P. oregona, P. ovalifolia, P. pachyphylla, P. pallida, P. parviflora, P. parvula, P. pendula, P. pinetorum, P. prostrata, P. pruinosa, P. pulvinata, P. purpurea, P. pycnantha, P. rectipes, P. recurvata, P. reediana, P. rollinsii, P. saximontana, P. scrotiformis, P. sessilis, P. spatulata, P. subumbellata, P. tenella, P. thamnophila, P. tumulosa, P. valida, P. vicina, P. vitulifera
Synonyms Lesquerella lata
Name authority (Wooton & Standley) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz: Novon 12: 325. (2002)
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